Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-03
CONDENSED NEWS.

Work on the Illinois Centrals great bridge
at Cairo, H. has been begun, and is going
forward rapidly.
The French government is about to issue
large per cent loan for the redemption Of
outstanding AZ per cents, and to meet other
obligations
On sixty-two of the principal railroads in
the country, in July, the gross earnings per
mile exceeded by 90 per cent. the earnings
| for July, 1886
At Lima, Ohio, an oil company has been
| formed to market the product OF the wells
| without the aid of the Standard monopoly.
| The company has a capital OF S500,OO
| Seven persons accused of murder are in the
| Chicago Jail, awaiting action of the grand
| iury. Ten already indicted murderers are to
be tried at the September term of the Grim
| inal court
| Timothy Goggin was fined $50 by Chi
| cago Justice Friday for beating his mother
because she would not give him her property.
Chicago justices seem to go little lame in
such cases sometimes.
| On the charge of bigamously marrying a
woman in Cleveland, taking s., 900 from her,
and then going back with the plumber tc
the partner of his joys in Chicago, Arnold
Goetz was held IN 8 900 bail in Chicago Fri
day.
| Near Lebanon. Ohio, at , a. m on Thurs
| day, Instructions were found on the railway
over which an excursion train of eleven cars
and 300 passengers was to pass. The Object
was supposed to be robbery Nobody was
hurt
Two months ago the "law abiding" people
| of Paramount, Ind, used dynamite in blowing
up a building Intended to be used a sa
loon. The owner erected another house, but
the people on Thursday night tore ii down
piing the material in Abe street
Chief Dorval of the Quebec fire brigade
refuses so sent him for his men by the Do
minion government for their services at tn
| citadel fire aud threatens that they will no
again risk their lives to save government
property ii their services are valued 81
cheaply.
| In Cincinnati Friday morning Frank Ham
| mond, butcher, was found dying near the
stock yards. beside the dead body of Lizzie
Tate, a widow The pair once ran away {,
Chicago but Hammond soon returned to hi
wife. IT is supposed he first shot the widow
and then himself
Wine manufacturers in New Y ork, win
have been producing the best champagne 10y
squirting carbOnic acid into common cheal
wines, threaten to fight the new state law
which prohibits all doctoring, aduteration
or manufacture of wines in which any ma
terials other than water, sugar, and crap
| brandy are used.
The 3SI carriers employed by the Chicag
posfoilice delivered in August >, l91, 2lg let
ters, ~, 622 registered letters, 23J, 3l4 posta
cards, aud &,4l5,9l0 newspapers, etc. Tn
collections of mail matter Tor the month wer
4, 100 go letters rs. 40 local letters, 3l5 ~
local cards, !, 4G2. 9I0 mail cards, and 2,3l2
264 newspapers.
Self defense is one of the deallieSt maladie
now prevailing in Kentucky. Not long az
Ell Cooley, living near Lancaster, while sui
fering from the disease killed George Scot
with an AK. He bad another attack on Thur,
day night, when two brothers named Greet
being inspired i'y kentuckv's fayorito beveI
age, fired their pistols at him Cooley COOL
returned the little attention with "a sh0tgu
and revolver One Green was killed and tn
other fatally wounded Mr.. Cooley is ju'
now convalescent, but a relapse into sell
d-fense may overcome him at any time